Fastening for satchel and pocket-book frames



(No Model.)

A. GOERTZ.

FASTENING FOB. SATGHBL AND POCKET BOOK FRAMBS.

No. 352,687. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

' AUGUST GOERTZ, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

? FA STENI NG FOR SATCHEL AND POCKET-BOOK F RAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed June 28, 1836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AU GUs'r GOERTZ, acitizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Pocket-Book andother Bag Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to beafulhclear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompa- 11 in drawin s and to lettersof reference- Y s g,

marked thereon,which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly to certain improvements infastenin'gs for that class of bag, purse, or satchel frames in which thecatch is arranged in a recess formed at the center of said frame betweenthe separated ends of the strengthening ribs or beads formedlongitudinally thereon.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will ing certain eccentric be hereinafter set forth,and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a planofthe frame; Figs. 2 and 8, cross-sections thereof taken centrallythrough the catch, the first showing the catch in fastening engagementand the second showing the catch uplifted to allow a separation of theframe-sections; and Fig. etjs a deta l perspective view of the catch,showing the under side thereof.

In said drawings, a a indicate the ordinary hinged sections of theframe, provided with tubular strengthening-ribs a-a, which extend alongthe top of the frame and are separated at the center, forming recessesin which the catch b has its bearings. Said catch is actuated to holdthe sections together by aspring, b, in about the manner described in anapplication filed contemporaneously herewith, and numbered serially206,492; In said contemporaneous application a catch is shownhavprojections extending in a direction opposite to the fingerprojection herein shown to engage the side or top of the Patent No.352,687, dated November 16,1886.

Serial No. 206,493. (No model.)

frame and limit the movement of the catch. This stop or limitingprojection, in that it extends beyond the line of the frame, is by somebuyers in the market considered in a degree unsightly and tends torender the frame bulky; and, again, when it is of considerable size andu of a shape similar to the finger projection, tends to confuse theperson opening thepurse. To avoid its use and the objections arisingtherefrom and yet retain the advantages of a stop, Ihave formed on theframe at a point beneath the catch an upwardly-projecting teat or lug,c, and in the bottom of the catch aslot or recess, b, into, which theprojection or lug 0 extends, the slot allowing requisite movement of thecatch. Thenotoh b engages the co-operating catch (1, formed on 'theadjacent frame-sectionin theordinary manner. Bythe constructiondescribedthe limiting mechanism is hidden or nearly hidden from view.

Changes may be made in the device by pro- -viding equivalent parts forthose described without departing from oravoiding the scope of thisinvention.

I am aware thatin thepatent of Prahar, No. 339,577, a frame is shown anddescribed hav-. ing a spring-latch similar in arrangement to the catch1), herein specified, but having arearwardly-extending flange adapted tocome in contact with the side of the frame to limit its scope ormovement. In the improved device the use of this flange is avoided forreasons already given, and the mechanism for limiting the movement ofsaid catch is sufficiently concealed, so as not to be objectionable.

What I claim as new is The combination, with the hinged sections, oneofwhich is provided with a limiting projection and the other with aco-operating catch, of a catch, b, provided with a slot or recess,

b on its under side, intoywhich said projeco- .June, 1886.

AUGUST GOERTZ. Witnesses: V

CHARLES H. PELL,

FRnnK. F. CAMPBELL.

